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Gaining traction on Twitter and elsewhere is the story of Daisha Simmons. She started her basketball career at Rutgers, transferred to Alabama and wanted to transfer to Seton Hall to finish her career as a post-graduate student. The reason: Her brother is very ill and she wants to be with her family in Jersey City, N.J. However, Alabama won't let her transfer, which has a lot of people justifiably upset with the school and the NCAA. ... The U.S. women won their quarterfinal game by 22 points in the FIBA World Championships. That is no surprise when you make 41 of 58 shots from the field. Former UConn player Tina Charles and Brittney Griner each were 7 of 9 from the field. Lindsay Whalen...

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Gaining traction on Twitter and elsewhere is the story of Daisha Simmons. She started her basketball career at Rutgers, transferred to Alabama and wanted to transfer to Seton Hall to finish her career as a post-graduate student. The reason: Her...

Wide receiver Corey Washington caught a 74-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Ryan Nassib early in the fourth quarter, lifting the New York Giants to a 17-13 win over the Buffalo Bills in the Hall of Fame Game NFL exhibition on Sunday night in Canton,...

The Buffalo Bills and newly acquired running back LeSean McCoy has agreed to a five-year, $40-million contract, NFL.com reported Sunday.
McCoy reportedly will make $26.5 million in guaranteed salary and is set to make $16 million during his first...

The Minnesota Vikings and the Buffalo Bills agreed on a trade Wednesday that will send quarterback Matt Cassel to the Bills next week and give the Vikings extra draft picks. The Bills are sending two undisclosed draft choices to the Vikings and getting...

The Jay Cutler question isn't how much the Bears have invested in his contract already, it’s how soon they want to get out of the rest of it.
Cutler’s deal isn’t like the Brandon Marshall question. The Bears could cut Marshall and save millions, and they...

Ryan Pace's moment of truth arrived Wednesday when John Fox landed in Chicago to interview with the Bears' new general manager.
Hire Fox as coach and Pace will illustrate early in his tenure an ability to adapt quickly and close a deal, not to mention...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- New team. Same old brash and bold Rex Ryan.
The Buffalo Bills' new coach opened his inaugural news conference with the team Wednesday by tapping the microphone and saying: "Is this thing on? Because it's going to be...

Veteran quarterback Kyle Orton announced Monday that he is retiring from the NFL.
Orton made 12 starts, going 7-5, for the Buffalo Bills after joining the team a month into the season and replacing second-year quarterback EJ Manuel.
"I just have...

Last week in parentheses.
1. Patriots 8-2 (1): Subpar game for Tom Brady and they still find a way to hang 42 points on Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium. That is clicking.
2. Cardinals 9-1 (2): Bruce Arians is paying attention to playoff ramifications. You...

Was that actually Week 8 of the NFL or were we all watching a Madden video game simulation? NFL teams scored a total of 740 points in Week 8, based on pro-football-reference.com data, the second-highest total this season after Week 3 (744).
It wasn't...

A flurry of notable meltdowns occurred Sunday at Soldier Field, both during and after the Bears' 27-14 loss to the Dolphins. And with each misstep came a new level of agitation that spread from the Bears' locker room throughout Chicago.
But if you've...

NEW YORK — Johnny Manziel turned out to be a dropback passer after all.
The zig-zagging Texas A&M quarterback slid Thursday from the top of the NFL draft, where many people thought he'd be picked, all the way to the 22nd spot where the Cleveland...

The worst throw of the game by Jay Cutler was his pass back across the middle, sticking a pass in the midsection of 303-pound Kyle Williams for the first interception of the defensive tackle's career.
The Bears were in field-goal range midway through the...

Brian Hoyer was named the starting quarterback of the Cleveland Browns for the regular-season opener Sept. 7 at Pittsburgh.
First-year head coach Mike Pettine said Tuesday he needed more time to evaluate the competition between Hoyer, who started both of...

There's a word for what fantasy football owners go through while making Week 1 lineup decisions. Merriam-Webster defines the word as "intense pain of mind or body; the struggle that precedes death." Oxford Dictionaries describes it as...

Everybody has been beating up on Jay Cutler for being bad and stupid in the fourth quarter of a tie game at home, and he deserves it.
Look, alleged franchise quarterbacks cannot make that kind of bad throw and stupid decision that became the hood...

Last week in parentheses.
1. Seahawks 2-1 (2): Let a 14-point lead slip away but hung on in overtime to win at home for the 19th time in 20 games, including the posteason.
2. Broncos 2-1 (1): Biggest takeaway from loss was defense is much improved,...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone was asked after a second consecutive loss Sunday if he had considered benching struggling quarterback EJ Manuel in favor of veteran backup Kyle Orton. His answer was the same in both...